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The Talking Cat of Florida
via Newspapers.com "Adelaide!" said Mrs. Cornett, "do you mean to encourage that cat to go out and gossip about us in the servants'…
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Newspaper Clipping of the Day
While bizarre murders, sinister disappearances, mysterious deaths, hangings, decapitations, poltergeists, psychic assassins, and demonic garden hoses…
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Newspaper Clipping of the Day
via Newspapers.com This is a banner month for Strange Company HQ. First there was Blackie, the talking and litigious cat, now... ...Puffy, the cat h…
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Newspaper Clipping of the Day
You may recall that last week, I presented the story of a woman who was engaged to a ghost. I think I've managed to top that one. From the &quo…
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Cats Ahoy!
Unidentified cat on HMAS Encounter, via Wikipedia Ailurophobes may wish to skip this post. Today, we are paying tribute to the felines who for many …
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Newspaper Clipping of the Day
Via Newspapers.com I suppose the headline pretty much says it all, but read on. The "Los Angeles Herald," January 21, 1910: NEW YORK, Jan.…
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Happy Labor Day!
Labor Day, 1901 via Library of Congress To all my American readers: Hope this Labor Day holiday is a real picnic for you. You just know it will be f…
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Newspaper Clipping of the Day
Here's a change of place for this blog: no murder mysteries, no weird bloodstains, no ghosts. Just a slice of life in a London courtroom that I …
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Newspaper Clipping of the Day
I have been given an alarming glimpse into my future, and it was published in the "Illustrated Police News" on October 1, 1870. Yes, my fri…
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Newspaper Clipping of the Day
I'm not sure if this story is vaguely creepy, sweetly touching, or just sad. Possibly all three. From the "New York Journal," April 2…
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Newspaper Clipping of the Day
via Newspapers.com Let us discuss Mr. Oliver and the Cats. The "Detroit Free Press," December 25, 1870: The fact that Mr. Oliver lived in …
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Newspaper Clipping of the Day
This latest installment of the "Boston Post" series, "Famous Cats of New England" introduces us to Rummy, pride of Harvard: "…
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Newspaper Clipping of the Day
It's another Talking Cat Week at Strange Company! From the "Baltimore Sun," December 21, 1949: Kiki, of Charles Street avenue and Ches…
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Newspaper Clipping of the Day
This grimly weird story--somewhat reminiscent of Poe's "The Black Cat"--appeared in several newspapers early in 1912. I found this par…
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Newspaper Clipping of the Day
This latest installment of the "Boston Post's" "Famous Cats of New England" is Trusty, Boston's cutest jailbird: Born in …
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Newspaper Clipping of the Day
You may recall that last week, I presented the story of a woman who was engaged to a ghost. I think I've managed to top that one. From the &quo…
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Newspaper Clipping of the Day
I'm not sure if this story is vaguely creepy, sweetly touching, or just sad. Possibly all three. From the "New York Journal," April 2…
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